The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Donatello

Leonardo

El Greco

Dürer
2 What animal is stranded?
Seal

Whale

Dolphin

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

7

8

6
4 How is the air described?
Fragrant

Fine

Lovely

Sweet
5 The water is described as
formal

fragmented

ragged

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Scales on a fish

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks
7 What birds are mentioned?
Seagulls

Crows

Cormorants

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?
The beach

The ships

The hills

The lighthouse
9 The birds' movement is:
like a pulsation

like a shudder

like a stillness

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?
Blue

Black

Purple

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Blue and gray

Pink and yellow

Purple

Red
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
30 lbs

10 lbs

20 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish

Clothes

Sails

Fish nets
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Fife and drum

Flute

Piano

Drum and clarinet
15 What does the storm disturb?
The trees

The animals

The houses

The stars
16 What does the poet say it is a privilege to see?
Anger

Confusion

Death

Chaos
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
People

Stars

Fish

Flowers
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Salpigloss

Snapdrgaon

Rose

Foxglove
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Tulip

Daisy

Lily

Petunia
20 The climate is not right for:
the jack-fruit

the frangipani

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Dogs

Newts

Cobras

Cats
22 The newt is described as
ebullient

corpulent

diffident

reticent
23 "There is nothing that ______ can buy or take away"
love

the steeple-jack

Durer

ambition
24 What is the college student's name?
Austin

Ambrose

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Boats

Lobsters

Seagulls

Whales

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